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| Author: | Tocci, N. |
| Title: | Turkey and the European Union: Reversing Vicious Circles in Turkey's Political Economy |
| Journal: | Russian and East European Finance and Trade
2001 : JUL-AUG, VOL. 37:4, p. 5-38 |
| Index terms: | TURKEY EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The European Union's (EU) negative opinion on Turkey's membership application in 1989 and its denial of candidate status at the 1997 Luxembourg European Council, created serious deadlocks in Turkey-EU relations. Thereafter, the Kosovo war and the post- earthquake Greek-Turkish rapprochement, opened new opportunities in Turkey-EU relations that materialized with the December 1999 decision to include Turkey as a full-fledged candidate to EU accession. The author states the questions: what the major shortcomings in Turkey's formally democratic system and market economy are, and what their causes are; what action should be taken by both Turkey and the Union to eliminate these problems and foster the current momentum in Turkey-EU relations. |
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